Tuesday, December 03, 2013

RDAP14 Call for Poster and Lightning Talks (Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014)

RDAP14 Call for Poster and Lightning Talks (Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014)

Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014
March 26-28, 2014
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina<http://www.sheratonsandiegohotel.com/>, San Diego, CA

RDAP14, the fifth annual Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, is accepting proposals (max. 300 words) for two panels, interactive posters, and lightning talks. Themes for RDAP14 were selected by this year's planning committee with input from previous years' attendees and RDAP community members.

Important Dates
Closed: Panel Presentations Submissions Due<http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit>
December 16, 2013: Interactive Posters and Lightning Talks Submissions Due<http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit>
February 14, 2014: Early Bird Registration<https://www.asis.org/Conferences/RDAP14/rdap14regform.php> Ends
March 26-28, 2014: RDAP14 Conference and Workshops<http://www.asis.org/rdap/>

Interactive Posters and Lightning Talks
We are soliciting posters and lightning talks on any of the following themes:


 *   Institutional policies for research data
 *   Building/expanding research data services
 *   Collaboration or tension between units involved with research data
 *   Institutional responses to government policies/guidelines concerning research data
 *   Systems/strategies for full-lifecycle research data curation
 *   Tools developed and/or used for data curation/management
 *   Digital preservation
 *   Data citation and reuse
 *   Data repositories (institutional/disciplinary/other)
 *   Education and training for research data management/curation

Submissions for Interactive Posters and (Seven Minute) Lightning Talks are due December 16, 2013. Submit your proposals for RDAP14 here: http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit

In addition to the topics covered in the call, the RDAP14 program will include keynote speakers, hands-on workshops<http://www.asis.org/rdap/workshops/>, and curated panels on:


 *   Inter-unit collaboration and tension around research data services
 *   Responses to the OSTP public access memo
 *   NSF DataNet project updates

More details on the program coming soon!